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Friday, February 9, 2018

Girls’ basketball has order on the court

By: Lucas
Smith

The
Girls’ basketball team has dominated throughout their 2017-2018 season. Currently, the record for Varsity is
11-6, and they hope to add to the number of wins with the two games that they
have left. Both games are home on February 13and 15. They are under the guidance of head coach John Kennedy, and assistant coaches Scotty Ullom, Rachel Stuck, and Jason Roush.The
team has had many interesting games this season. The most interesting game, concurred
by many of the players, was against South Charleston.

“We
were down the whole game and came back and beat them in overtime,” said senior
Lexi Miller.

Not
only has the team had nail-biting games, there have been many important games
with lots of action. Parkersburg South and Parkersburg High School are two
schools that are in the same conference with Ripley. So, these games are the
some of the most important.

In
fact, the teams’ biggest rivals are “Parkersburg South and Parkersburg High
School,” said senior Presley Fisher.

The
team hasn’t played Parkersburg High yet, but they have played against South. Sadly,
the Lady Vikes did not win that game.

“We
didn’t execute very well. They are a good team,” said junior Jaelyn Hunt.

Despite
losing some games, the Lady Vikes have had a fun season and “the atmosphere is
a lot more positive compared to past seasons,” said Fisher.

Senior
players on the team are Lexi Miller, Presley Fisher, and Mary Pierson. Miller
will go onto Concord University to continue playing the sport that she loves.

Miller
is looking forward to college because she will be “playing with people who have
the same goal.”

These
senior players will miss a lot of the things that come with playing on the Lady
Viking basketball team.

“I
will miss the team and our group chats, and all the bonding,” said Fisher.

Miller
said that she will miss all of her teammates, especially the juniors.

“What I will miss most is how everyone has
each other’s backs. I love how supportive they are and how my coaches and
teammates are proud of me for having improved since I started playing this
year,” said Pierson.

However,
the story doesn’t end here for the senior Lady Vikes. Miller will go onto study
pre-physical therapy with a minor in sports medicine while playing basketball
at Concord University. Fisher will hopefully be double majoring in criminal
justice and psychology while getting a minor in Spanish at Fairmont University.
Pierson also plans to attend either Fairmont University or the University of
Tennessee to major in architecture.

If
the team wins the sectional tournament, you will see them play at regionals. If
they win regionals, they will go onto states. The team only has two more games
left! Come out and support the Lady Vikes!